Anthony Weiner to Resign; Democrats to Presumably Cancel Meeting About How to Make Anthony Weiner Resign

Today House Democrats will convene to discuss and possibly disenfranchise one of their own: Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY). According to Politico, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Co. “could begin the process of taking away [Weiner’s] committee assignments today as part of a final push to force him from office.” Weiner sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Additionally, “party leaders who have not yet called for Weiner’s ouster may be pressured to join that chorus.”

Politico is calling the Weiner fiasco the “story that just won’t go away,” and it’s evident that Democrats feel similarly. However, since the congressman has been tucked away in a treatment center he has, somewhat remarkably, faded from the headlines. He hasn’t appeared in Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook for more than two (2) days. In the past week, Weiner’s been on the cover of The New York Post three (3) times; the previous week, he appeared on six (6) covers out of a possible seven (7). Yesterday’s joint press conference between Weiner-paramour and pornographic actress Ginger Lee and attorney-to-the-aspirational-stars Gloria Allred didn’t make that much of a splash. Several semi-scandals of equal or greater frothiness have since help to fill the Weiner void: John King’s questionable debate-moderation prowess, John Edwards’s aggressively smiley mugshot, and just yesterday, some Newt Gingrich aide denied the former House Speaker was the swollen gentleman with bright white hair photographed shirtless on a rock in Greece.

Whether or not he sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee or is forced out of office, Weiner, like Mark “Who?” Sanford and David “Wikipedia It” Vitter, seems likely to quietly disappear on his own. American attention spans are mercifully, reliably short.